Spherical dice.



vA. W. WAHLIN.

SPHEBIGAL DICE. APPLIOATIOIF FILED 10V. 22, 1909.

Patented 0011.25, 1910.

AXEL W. WAHLIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPI-IEBICAL DICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Application filed November 22, 1909. Serial No. 529,178.

Spherical Dice; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full,clear, and exact.-

description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the numbers of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of this invention is to afford a die provided as is usualwith six numbers consecutively from one to six and which is spherical inform to facilitate the rolling of the die, said die however, being soconstructed as to necessitate the same stopping always in position forone or the other of the numbers thereon to count, or in other words,remain uppermost.

It is also an object of the invention to afford an exceedingly cheap andsimple construction, permitting the dice to be made of any desired sizeand adapting the same for use in many games not heretofore convenientlyplayed with dice.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and morefully pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In said drawings: Figure l is a view in elevation of a spherical dieembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section taken centrallytherethrough. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of one of the halves of theball showing the parts separated. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4il ofFig. 3.

As shown in the drawings: The ball or sphere is constructed in twosections 1 and 2, of equal size, each of which is hollow, as shown, andprovided at six points equal distances apart in the interior withrecesses 4:, which extend outwardly having a thin wall between the sameand the outer periphery. Said recesses are each provided with concavebottoms, as shown in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive, and, as shown, the twohalves 1 and 2, of the ball-are then secured together by means of dowelpins 3, which are inserted in the walls thereof, as shown in Fig. 4, orin any other suitable manner to afford a permanent and rigid connection.

Before closing the ball, a spherical body 5, such as a buckshot or othersmall spherical pellet of lead, mercury or other heavy material isplaced inside the same. The

['ball is marked on its surface opposite said recesses with one of thenumbers or characters indicating the count, namely, from one to sixinclusive. These markings may be impressed in the material of which thedice are made, printed thereon, or affixed thereto in any other manner.

The operation is as follows: In playing the game with the dice, the sameare simply rolled upon any flat surface with the effect that the pellet5, soon falls into one of the recesses, bringing the dice to rest withthe count opposite the pocket into which the pellet rolls, uppermost.When accurately made and with the walls of the recesses of uniformthickness, it is obvious that the dice may come to rest at anypointcorresponding in position with one of the recesses therein, thus,the element of chance or uncertainty in the count to be presented isobtained as is usual in square dice.

Of course, the dice may be constructed of any suitable material and thepellet made of any desired material and changes in the particularconstruction may be effected without departing from the principles ofthis invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A spherical hollow die marked on its periphery at equal distancesapart with the characters or counts of a game, recesses within said diecorresponding in position with the count, and a spherical body withinsaid die adapted to fall into any of said recesses to present thediametrically opposite count uppermost.

2. Dice, each embracing two hemi-spherical hollow members joined face toface to afford a spherical die and marked on its periphery withcharacters indicating the count from one to six inclusive, recesses insaid spherical die corresponding in position with the counts and aleaden ball within the same adapted to arrest the rolling of the die byfalling into one of said recesses and thereby to present the countdiametrically opposite therefrom in View position.

3. A spherical die embracing two hollow hemi-spherical sections rigidlysecured together face to face and marked on the sur face at equaldistances apart with the six counts usual to die, recesses arranged insaid die to correspond with said count and a leaden spherical pelletwithin the die adapted to hold one of the counts uppermost by falling inthe opposite recess.

l. Dice formed spherically and hollow having internal recesses in thewall thereof, markings on the external wall of the dice opposite therecesses and a heavy member within the dice adapted to fit in one of therecesses to control the position of the dice.

5. Dice, each comprising a ball having the dice markings on the surfacethereof and means in the ball for bringing the same to rest with one ofthe markings uppermost.

6. A spherical die having the characteristic die markings thereon andmeans for stopping the die with a die marking uppermost.

7. A spherical hollow die having die numerals on the periphery andinternal recesses opposite the die numerals and a heavy ball in the dieadapted to engage in any recess for positioning the die with a numeraluppermost.

8. A die formed ball shaped, sets of die numerals thereon arrangeddiametrically opposite and means necessitating the die stopping with adie numeral uppermost.

9. A spherical die comprising hemispherical sections rigidly securedtogether, die markings on the die and means within the die adapted whenthe die ceases rolling to position the die with a marking uppermost.

101A spherical die comprising sections rigidly secured together andprovided with internal recesses, die markings on the outside of the dieopposite the recesses and a heavy body in the die adapted to engage inany recess.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presenceof two subscribing Witnesses.

AXEL lV. lVAHLIN.

lVitnesses C. WV. HILLs,

K. E. HANNAH.

